I'd heard about this plane awhile back but never really looked into
    it... http://www.airvectors.net/avps1.html <http://www.airvectors.net/avps1.html> SUPER STOL Take off at
    55MPH?!!!! HOLY SMOKES!!!! https://youtu.be/CWYaCDhlNyk

    A scaled down version w/4 Turbo'd 13B's would be an absolute hoot!!
    One can dream!

    Dan Gorsline


     Do not forget the Martin MARS. Still used as a water bomber in Canada,
       Virg Salisbury

    The most advanced from a hydrodynamic point of view was a
   Martin P5M Marlin. Designed to take off and land in rougher water.
   Very narrow hull. Lots of power, large fowler flaps  and slats would
   lower the take speed.

   Paul Lamar



Virg,
Indeed the Mars are an amazing aircraft. I live not far from the Sproat Lake base and a lot of my students would fly to Port Alberni to take the tour. I have watched them operate on many occasions and have even been under them when they dump. The Mars are one of those airplanes that are pinpricks on the horizon when you spot them and they don't seem to get any closer, just wider and then they are on top of you. That was how it was when I got dropped on. It was at a Duncan Fly In years ago. They passed a hundred or so feet overhead and just past the the far threshold they pulled up into a vertical climb and then did a wingover and came back down. I thought that with all that power and no load you should be quite able to have some fun, imagine my surprise when pulling out back over the threshold, the doors opened and out came 60,000 lbs of water. A rolling, drenching mist tumbled down the length the airfield, totally saturating everyone and everything. I can't imagine you would be able to do that sort of thing any more.

Unfortunately they seem to be part of a bygone era. They are absolutely state of the art yet for some reason, probably political, the government refused to renew their contract. Last year one of them left for a museum in the US which leaves just one, languishing here unless another contract is found or the government gets their head out of their rectal orifice. It's a shame and I sure am glad I have had the privilege to see them at their finest.

John

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